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slbailey:

I'm using sketchup to design my new project and it's going to be a custom cabaret cabinet in the pac man/ms pac man/galaga style.  To that end, I'm trying to find out if there's a place to get a custom cut metal control panel that's in the namco/midway style.  I want a simple player one, player two, 4 way joystick and single fire button configuration... The challenge is the width of the control panel is going to be unique.  Ideally I'd like to get a black powder coated metal panel that I can just apply an overlay graphic to.

Does such a service exist?

Steve

mgb:

One possible solution may be going to a local metal shop with the measurements and seeing if they can fabricate it.
The Midway style metal control panel is a fairly simple design.

knave:

It's been a long time since I looked...but I remember their being a vendor selling pac-galaga CPs either drilled or undrilled...

eds1275:

What is the advantage to using metal as opposed to just machining something out of wood for this?

In just about any town there is a metal fabricator, usually not cheap but not outrageous either. Just look up your local yellow pages once you have your plans down.

slbailey:


--- Quote from: eds1275 on February 20, 2014, 06:29:20 am ---What is the advantage to using metal as opposed to just machining something out of wood for this?

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I could go wood but I'm trying to go authentic... Weight is the main reason... I'm trying to make it as light as possible.  If metal doesn't pan out then I will go wood.

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